German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Julia Kramer

Executive Assistant to the Leadership

Short CV

Since 7/2024: coordination of knowledge exchange mandate
Since 6/2022: coordination of the project "Transfer for Transformation T4T - Knowledge Exchange with Global Reach" (Leibniz Competition)
Since 4/2009: coordination of the President's Office, Executive Assistant to the leadership
3/2009-9/2016: elected Equal Opportunities Commissioner
From 5/2003 at the GIGA (positions in the library, secretariat, foreign language service, and as desk editor)
After family stays and schooling in Argentina, Germany, Nigeria, Uruguay, and Malaysia, commercial apprenticeship and university studies in history, political science, and economics in Hamburg.

Julia Kramer

Executive Assistant to the Leadership

T. +49 (40) 42825-540 [email protected]

Digital Diplomacy and Statecraft Policy Brief | 02/2024

Using Digital Diplomacy to Achieve Peripheral Countries’ Foreign Policy Objectives

Digital diplomacy enables peripheral countries to project their FP objectives and identity globally, enhance visibility, and communicate successful foreign policies to domestic audiences. This Policy Brief explores Argentina's experience with utilising digital diplomacy as a means of a peripheral country’s FP strategy.

Dr. Melisa Deciancio

Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Argentina

Research Project | 01/07/2022 - 30/06/2025

Transfer for Transformation – Knowledge Exchange with Global Reach (T4T)

Transfer for Transformation (T4T) is an application lab. T4T will innovate in the practice of knowledge transfer through consequent target-group-integration and novel access strategies. It will also advance the scholarship on the subject by analysing the effectiveness and impact of different types of knowledge transfer.
Leibniz Association, 2022-2025

Chatham House | Mention | 11/10/2022

International relations: The ‘how not to’ guide

In this website entry, Julia Kramer and Isabel Muttreja provide an overview of the International Affairs' centenary special issue "International Relations: The 'how not to' guide", guest-edited by Prof. Amrita Narlikar and Prof. Daniel Drezner.

Cooperation Event | 07/04/2025 - 08/04/2025

Experts Workshop Port Cities Fighting Transatlantic Drug Trafficking

Experts Workshop Port Cities Fighting Transatlantic Drug Trafficking, Hamburg International Maritime Museum, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean Foundation Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach (Organiser), Julia Kramer (Organiser), Dr. Jonas von Hoffmann (Organiser), Janaina Maldonado Guerra da Cunha (Organiser), PD Dr. Dr. Ariel Macaspac Hernandez (Organiser), Eduardo Valencia (Organiser)

Experts from diverse fields gather to explore the challenges of illicit drug trafficking from Latin America to Europe and beyond. Focusing on ports as key hubs, they examine underlying dynamics and emerging trends, available data and common misconceptions, community impacts and civil society’s role.

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

Julia Kramer

Dr. Jonas von Hoffmann

Janaina Maldonado Guerra da Cunha

PD Dr. Dr. Ariel Macaspac Hernandez

Eduardo Valencia

Conference | 19/10/2022 - 20/10/2022

Reframing Our Understanding of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in the Think Tank Industry

European Think Tank Conference, Berlin Organisers: Think Tank Lab Julia Kramer (Panelist)

At this conference, Julia Kramer represented GIGA and discussed with other panellists a new framework that suggests we should not first seek out diversity but instead focus on equitable structures and inclusive practices that will result in diversity of the workplace.

Julia Kramer

Executive Assistant to the Leadership

Cooperation Event | 01/11/2019

First Indo-German Strategic Dialogue

First Indo-German Strategic Dialogue, New Delhi Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Indian Council of World Affairs, Research and Information System for Developing Countries Julia Kramer (Chair), Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen (Panelist)